It took firefighters six hours to extinguish a blaze at a scrapyard on the Guadalhorce industrial estate in Málaga.

The Internal Affairs Unit investigating the alleged involvement of four high ranking police officers in various ‘irregularities’ has been raiding homes and offices in search of evidence.

In Málaga province, diesel fuel is now more expensive than petrol in eight out of ten filling stations.

A bit of a scare yesterday on El Dedo beach when a worker (environmental engineer?) from the Limasa cleaning company discovered a grenade in the rubbish near Chiringuito El Tintero.

The Internal Affairs Unit in Málaga has arrested four high ranking police officers assigned to the specialist UDYCO (drugs and organised crime) section of the National Police on the Costa del Sol.

A visit by plain clothes police to a shop in Málaga specialising in nutritional supplements and dietary products for athletes has resulted in the detention of the shop owner and the confiscation of nearly 1,000 doses of anabolic steroids.

A 34 year old man died today in Málaga after getting caught in an industrial pressing machine.

A 56 year old man was found dead in calle Yedra, Málaga city, on Saturday evening after local residents had reported seeing a man lying on the ground. The man, a 56 year old Spanish national, had been stabbed. It is thought that the actual attack took place in another area of the city. A police investigation is underway.

The proliferation of the internet and new technologies, although hugely beneficial, does have its seedier side. A 21 year old in Málaga has just been arrested for the alleged ‘corruption of minors’.